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Atlas Centaur D

In-active

Convair ()

Aug. 11, 1965

Description

The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
33.0 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Fairing Diameter
3.05 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
1704.0 kN

Family

Name
Atlas Centaur D
Family
―
Variant
Centaur D
Alias
―
Full Name
Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
―
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1800.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Convair

Commercial

None

1943

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.

Previous Flights

flew on seven previous launch(es).

Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 14, 1967, 11:53 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Lunar probe which was lost during the terminal-descent phase and crashed into the surface.

Lunar Impactor

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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 17, 1967, 7:05 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Lunar probe which successfully landed on the surface on April 20. It transmitted 6,300 photos and was visited by the crew of Apollo 12 which returned parts to Earth.

Lunar Impactor

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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor Model 3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 26, 1966, 11:12 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Dummy payload

Low Earth Orbit

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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 20, 1966, 12:32 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Lunar probe lost due to the failure of a vernier engine during a midcourse correction maneuver which sent the spacecraft in an unrecoverable tumble.

Lunar Impactor

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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 30, 1966, 2:41 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Lunar probe which successfully landed on the surface on June 2 from where it transmitted 11,237 photos.

Lunar Impactor

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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor M-2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 8, 1966, 1 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Dummy payload

Low Earth Orbit

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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor-SD 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 11, 1965, 2:31 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Surveyor-SD was a series of two simulated Surveyor-payloads launched during the development of the Atlas Centaur launch vehicle.

Elliptical Orbit

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